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We regret to inform that, due to the recent passing of Earl Sweatshirt’s father, he must cancel his appearances as support for @The_xx this month. We sincerely apologise to those affected by this cancellation and send our sincerest condolences to @earlxsweat at this time.

Kgositsile seemed to share a somewhat distant relationship with his son, telling The New Yorker in 2011 that he had not listened to Earl’s music.

“When he feels that he’s got something to share with me, he’ll do that,” he said. “And until then I will not impose myself on him just because the world talks of him.” He also denounced much of modern hip-hop, stating: “I really don’t think it’s about anything of relevance, socially, other than young people saying they’re hurt.”

Kgositsile’s career began at an anti-apartheid newspaper, before the African National Congress liberation movement and subsequently being exiled from South Africa in the 1960s. He was later named poet laureate of South Africa in 2006.